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Boris Johnson could go to prison if he refuses to delay Brexit, the former Director of Public Prosecutions has said.



Lord MacDonald, 66, told Sky News today that should Johnson decide to ignore a bill which prevents a No Deal exit he could face prosecution.



This is because, should Johnson ignore the bill, he could be found in contempt of court. Asked if it would be 'an extreme outcome', Lord MacDonald said 'it is by convention that if you are found guilty of defying a court order then you are jailed'.



A rebel anti-No Deal law is expected to receive Royal Assent on Monday after peers agreed to its passage on Friday.



It will require the PM to seek a Brexit delay beyond October 31 if Britain and Brussels have not struck an agreement in the run up to Halloween. 



Johnson has earlier said he would not entertain seeking another deadline extension from Brussels, as the incoming law compels him to do so if no agreement is in place by October 19.



But Mr MacDonald added: 'A refusal in the face of that would amount to contempt of court which could find that person in prison.'



Last night, the PM wrote to all Tory members to indicate that he would rather defy the law than beg Brussels for a delay in bringing Britain out of the EU.



The Prime Minister said he was only bound 'in theory' by a law which is expected to receive Royal Assent on Monday, taking a No Deal Brexit off the table.



In his letter, he reiterated his determination to stand firm against Remainers, saying: 'They just passed a law that would force me to beg Brussels for an extension to the Brexit deadline. This is something I will never do.'



Earlier on Friday he told reporters he would not entertain seeking another deadline extension from Brussels, as the incoming law compels him to do so if no agreement is in place by October 19.



He was urged last night by Tory grandee Iain Duncan Smith to hold his nerve, saying he would be 'martyred' if he chose to break the law and risk a possible prison sentence for contempt of Parliament.



Mr Duncan Smith told The Telegraph: 'This is about Parliament versus the people. Boris Johnson is on the side of the people, who voted to leave the EU.



'The people are sovereign because they elect Parliament. But Parliament wants to stop the will of the people.'



But others, including his cabinet ministers, are urging him to abandon his Brexit strategy and 'come up with a plan B' after his plans for a snap general election were thwarted by opposition parties.



And Dominic Grieve, a former Tory MP who had the whip removed for rebelling last week, said: 'He can't ignore the law. A Prime Minister is subject to the law of the land just like anybody else.



'If he were to attempt to ignore it the government would be taken to court and he would be ordered to send the letter.



'And if he didn't send the letter he would be sent to prison for contempt.'



It comes as:



Cabinet ministers told the PM to 'come up with a plan B' amid failed snap election

Members of European Research Group are reported to be in talks with Brexit Party

A Daily Mail poll shows the public back a No Deal exit over Jeremy Corbyn for PM

Anti-No Deal bill is set to receive Royal Assent on Monday after debate this week

The former Tory MP Dominic Grieve said the Prime Minister 'can't ignore the law'

Mr Johnson’s latest plans for a snap election appeared to have been scuppered yet again last night by a ’stitch-up’ between Jeremy Corbyn and Remain parties.



Labour, the Lib Dems and Scots and Welsh nationalists agreed to block the public going to the polls before October 31.



It leaves the Prime Minister in limbo, forced to choose between resigning or defying a law passed by MPs ruling out a No Deal Brexit.



He has emphatically ruled out furt